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The 1970 Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva has a wonderful bouquet that transports you directly to the vineyard: scents of gravel, wild mushroom, cherries and dusty attic. The palate is beautifully balanced with fine tannins and thrilling, almost rapier-like acidity. There are notes of decayed red berry fruit, sour lemon, rosemary and sage. The finish is rustic but so full of energy, with hints of orange peel on the finish. Wonderful. Drink now-2020+."
97 pts Parker (Wine Advocate #202, août 2012)
The 1970 Tondonia Gran Reserva is a brilliant bottle of wine in full bloom. The very transparent bouquet is deep, refined and stunning, as it offers up notes of cherries, raspberries, toasted chestnuts, woodsmoke, coffee, orange zest, spice and a distinct note of sea salt. On the palate the wine is fullish, deep and tangy, with outstanding intensity of flavor, lovely smoky flavors, great acids, outstanding soil inflection and a very long, complex and bouncy finish. There remains just a touch of beautifully-integrated tannin on the backend here, which clearly indicates that this wine has many, many years still ahead of it. This is a beautiful bottle of classic, traditional Rioja, and with wines such as this, I find it utterly mystifying why so many bodega owners in the region would turn away from their traditions and begin to make such clumsy and dull modern wines. 2009-2030+."
94 pts John Gilman (View from the cellar)
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